Sebelius
Fourteen Senators Ask Sebelius for Data Justifying Administration's Decision Denying Teens Access to Plan B
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check
December 13, 2011 - 4:38pm (Print)
Today, 14 Senators, 13 Democrats and one independent, wrote HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius asking her to provide them with the scientific evidence and rationale for her decision to deny access to Plan B to teens over the counter
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A Young Doctor's Response to President Obama's Plan B Failure: Where Is the Scientific Integrity?
December 11, 2011 - 9:58am (Print)
Experts, who we count on for guidance and sound evidence-based medicine, have repeatedly shown Plan B to be not only extremely effective, but incredibly safe. Although the experts in the FDA agreed with the well-researched and well-presented data on Plan B, Secretary Sebelius and President Obama chose to ignore their expertise and base their decision on politics, not science.
Denying Access to Plan B: An Act of Political Cowardice
by Lorraine Berry, SUNY Cortland
December 8, 2011 - 11:37am (Print)
On contemplating, again, what it feels like to be thrown under the bus by politicians who take women for granted.
In Emergency Contraception Decision, Obama Administration Undermines Young People and Women's Health for Political Gain
by Julia Reticker-Flynn, Advocates for Youth
December 7, 2011 - 9:39pm (Print)
In her bizarre statement announcing this decision, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius effectively blames young women for her own political cowardice, saying we can’t be sure that younger women will understand how to take Plan B One-Step effective. (HINT: It involves taking one pill. That’s why it’s called Plan B One-Step.)
Limited Access to Emergency Contraception: What Tanisha Faced
Tanisha, a student at Georgetown University, had to confront terrible stigma and a total lack of support in using emergency contraception. In denying young people access to Plan B One-Step -- and in concocting a lame excuse that dismisses young people's agency and their ability to make informed decisions about their sexual health -- President Obama is in effect telling Tanisha something she should never hear: your voice doesn’t count.
In Astounding Move, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius Overrules FDA Recommendation to Make Plan B Over-the-Counter
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check
December 7, 2011 - 1:33pm (Print)
In what can only be called an astounding move, today Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) overruled a much-awaited decision by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to make emergency contraception (EC) available over-the-counter (OTC) to women of all ages. No HHS Secretary has ever before overruled an FDA decision, according to the New York Times.
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Yet Another Opinion About the Sebelius Nom
by Micah Steffes, RH Reality Check
March 3, 2009 - 7:43am (Print)
I'm not Catholic, but I am a very spiritual person, and I feel like faith is an important aspect of the total shape of my politics. And as someone who is conflicted about abortion in terms of faith, it's nice to hear someone basically say it's okay to be pro-choice and pro-life.
